Return to the era: starting from the state-owned hotel

Chapter 250 The turbulent entanglement

Su Qingfeng was interrupted halfway by the sudden voice.

Happy New Year is so angry.

Who is this?
So loud?
Why are you shouting so loudly!
He looked back and before he could curse, when he saw the visitor, he immediately lowered his eyebrows and showed a friendly smile.

"Master Lu is here."

Lu Datou snorted as a greeting.

But the remaining anger on his face remained, and his whole face was red with anger.

Seeing his angry look, Master Xue sighed, "Lao Lu, calm down. It's not the first time you've dealt with the people over at the state-owned hotel. A few years ago, they crowded out a few of us. After I went out, I was thinking about the few secret recipes we had all day long. After such a long time, I feel that they can still endure it by being able to endure it until now."

When listening to Master Xue's speech, Su Qingfeng pricked up his ears unconsciously and became a little curious.

He didn't expect that even what happened today had so many hidden secrets behind it.

And this timeline is quite complicated. Looking back, it actually involves things from a few years ago.

Su Qingfeng suspected that the so-called targeting of him, Su Qingfeng, was just in his name. The real purpose was to target Master Xue and Lu Datou.

After all, County Magistrate Yu was standing behind Su Qingfeng, and those master chefs in state-owned restaurants were stupid, so they confronted Su Qingfeng head-on and slapped Yu Xianghua in the face.

But Su Qingfeng also felt a little confused by this operation.

She said she didn't want to offend him... but in fact, just using his name to find trouble was already offending him.

Who is this short-sighted person who came up with this idea?

Thoughts were racing in his mind, but on the surface, he still looked like he was having fun. He just listened silently as Big Lu got angry without saying anything.

After Lu Datou's anger calmed down a little, he seemed to mutter something smoothly, "No matter how I think about it, the state-owned hotels are not monolithic. The people who give them advice may not necessarily have good intentions..."

Lu Datou and Master Xue frowned at first, and then their eyes lit up slightly, as if they had thought of something.

Lu Datou suddenly put his hands on his hands and laughed, "Yes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog. We are also the chefs of Taihe Hotel after all..."

Lu Datou smiled.

Su Qingfeng and Master Xue couldn't laugh anymore.

Su Qingfeng laughed and chopped faster and louder with the kitchen knife in his hand.

Even the New Year greeter on the side looked at it with fear, fearing that Su Qingfeng would cut off his finger due to negligence.

On the other side, Master Xue was familiar with Lu Datou, and he was not as polite to Lu Datou as Su Qingfeng.

He kicked Lu Datou's butt directly and said, "Fuck you for beating the dog and looking at the owner! If you are willing to be a dog, don't get me and Qingfeng involved."

As soon as Master Xue said these words, Lu Datou was still a little aggrieved, but now he could only rub his butt and smile, "It was smooth for a moment...I didn't think about it carefully..."

As he said that, he turned his attention to Su Qingfeng again.

This young man is young, but in fact, his ability to understand problems is not weak.

Well... only slightly inferior to him.

Lu Datou nodded slightly in his heart.

Just looking down, when he saw the chopping board, his eyes suddenly widened.

"You are...making Wensi tofu?!"

The name of Wensi Tofu is too loud.

Almost as soon as the name of this dish came out, everyone in the kitchen turned their attention to the tofu in Su Qingfeng's hand.

At first glance, the tofu looked as if it were made from heaven and was intact.

But when the tofu was put into the water, it turned into thousands of tofu shaped like toothpicks and as thin as vermicelli, floating in the clear soup.

To Su Qingfeng, this was like an exploding chrysanthemum.

Su Qingfeng wanted to touch the wall of the bowl, but was patted on the back of the hand by Lu Datou next to him.

Lu Datou carefully picked up the bowl, then looked at the shredded tofu inside with wonder, and complained somewhat, "It's not easy to cut this shredded tofu, can't you be more careful?"

The corners of Su Qingfeng's mouth twitched. He looked around and found that the people around him didn't notice anything was wrong at all. Instead, they nodded in agreement. He couldn't help but speak...

"I said...this shredded tofu seems to have been cut by me, right?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Datou immediately came back to his senses and became a little embarrassed.

"I haven't forgotten..."

He put down the bowl of Wensi tofu and walked aside to prepare today's lunch dishes.

Compared to Su Qingfeng, he had known for a long time that today the leaders of the machinery factory and foreign guests would come to Taihe Hotel for dinner.

Especially the gangsters from state-owned hotels will also come over.

In order to prevent them from ruining the place, each of these master chefs is working hard to make the meals they are best at.

But while making Wensi Tofu, he didn't know if it was Su Qingfeng's illusion. He always felt that there was a gaze in the kitchen staring at his back.

This piercing feeling made Su Qingfeng twist uncomfortably, and then turned to look at Master Xue, "Old Xue, have you ever felt... someone has been watching us... …”

Lao Xue also felt numb after what he said and was a little scared.

At this time, many conspiracy theories came to his mind.

For example, people from state-owned restaurants have informants arranged in the kitchen, and they just take advantage of this opportunity to keep an eye on them here and secretly learn cooking skills...

Or maybe you want to secretly change the seasoning...

As a result, when he turned around, the naive Lu Datou happened to be staring at Su Qingfeng's cooking movements.

Master Xue was speechless.

In front of Su Qingfeng, he still saved some face for his old friend.

But when Su Qingfeng turned around, Master Xue kicked him again.

He also deliberately lowered his voice: "Are you sick? Why do you always stare at others? If I always stare at you like this, do you think you will be anxious?"

Lu Datou rubbed his butt, feeling a little aggrieved.

"You kicked me twice today!"

Before Master Xue got angry and was about to kick him a third time, Lu Datou quickly begged for mercy, "That's wrong, that's wrong, I won't read it, okay? I really forgot just now and didn't think about it that much... I really didn't think about it. , a young man like him actually has such skills!"

Master Xue didn't even know what to say about this idiot.

He almost wanted to dig open this man's head and take a closer look. Is it filled with straw or cotton?

No matter how young Su Qingfeng is, it is a solid fact that he surpassed Lu Datou and became the head chef!Isn't it normal for people to have one or two at the bottom of the box?

But as far as Master Xue is concerned.

A person's energy is limited, especially for a young man like Su Qingfeng.

He specializes in knife skills, but naturally lags behind in other areas.

Being able to make Wensi Tofu, a specialty dish, is enough to be able to handle people in state-owned restaurants.

But he himself...should really think about what to cook.

Master Xue glanced at the side and saw that Lu Datou had already started making squirrel mandarin fish.

Although Lu Datou was a bit stupid, Master Xue had to admit that this guy was really good at making fish.

Fried fish, fried fish, stewed fish, sea fish, freshwater fish...

This guy sure has a way with it.

After much deliberation, Master Xue decided to choose braised lion head.

Braised lion head, although delicious to outsiders, does not have much technical content.

After all, it's just mincing the meat into puree.

But for an expert, this is a big deal.

First of all, in terms of material selection, the raw material of lion head needs to be the hard pork belly on the ribs, with distinct red and white colors and various layers. If the meat is divided into ten points, three points is lean meat and seven points is fat meat.

At the same time, cutting the meat is also very particular.

You need to use a flat knife to slice the pork first, and then use a straight knife to cut the meat into very small cubes.

This can keep the taste fresh and tender while also maintaining the beauty of the appearance, making the fresh and tender taste penetrate deep into every piece of meat.

While Su Qingfeng was cooking, he was also observing the movements of the people around him without leaving any trace.

Especially when he saw the actions of Lu Datou and Master Xue, he couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart.

If you can enter a state-owned hotel, even if you are a bit naive, you still have skills.

As a craftsman, if you don't have character, sometimes it's secondary. If you're stupid, just be stupid.

On the other hand, as the head chef, it was obviously impossible for him to overwhelm everyone with just a bowl of Wensi Tofu.

So Su Qingfeng rummaged through various dishes in his mind, and finally found what he was good at but had never shown much of - three sets of duck.

He once received a teaching projection of three sets of ducks in a lottery. In addition, he also specially studied the knife skills of three sets of ducks, bag chicken, etc.

Three sets of duck is a famous dish in Yangzhou and Gaoyou areas.

The so-called three sets of ducks, as the name suggests, are like nesting dolls with three ducks in them.

The wild duck is deboned and stuffed into domestic duck, and the vegetable pigeon is deboned and stuffed into wild duck. This is the "three sets of duck".

Put the three ingredients together. In order to achieve this goal, you must remove the bones and retain the shape.

Therefore, if you want to make this three-piece duck dish perfectly, you need to use various skills such as picking, pounding, and peeling to the extreme.If the tip of the knife is just a little off, the skin will break and the whole dish will fail.

But for Su Qingfeng, the process of making three sets of ducks has been mastered through countless nights and practice over and over again.

Originally, when I saw Su Qingfeng bringing out wild ducks, domestic ducks and vegetable pigeons for New Year greetings, I thought he was going to make some stew. After all, stewing pigeons and making duck soup are relatively nourishing.

But when he saw the back, his mouth grew bigger unconsciously, and his jaw almost dropped to the floor.

This, this, this...are these three sets of ducks? !
Before Su Qingfeng came, the county and town were actually only that big. Anyone who was interested would know that Su Qingfeng was good at Shandong cuisine.

Especially braised pork and nine-turn large intestine. Once these two dishes are made available, even the master chefs in the provincial capital will find it difficult to compete with Su Qingfeng.

But what the heck!
Did you tell me that three sets of duck are Shandong cuisine?
It's obviously Yangzhou cuisine and Gaoyou cuisine, so why come to Northeastern China?

Seeing Su Qingfeng's wrists flying, Hua Lai's sword skills could almost be seen, and He Nian's mouth was almost watering.

If he were at Su Qingfeng's level... No!It should be said that even if he only had [-]% of Su Qingfeng's skill, with this sword technique alone, he would be able to outshine his peers and become a potential genius.

It's a pity...he didn't.

He Nian collected his saliva.

He looked to the side and saw Master Xue and Master Lu also looking shocked, and he suddenly felt calmer.

look.

Even a master master would find it difficult to remain calm.

So it’s normal for him not to be calm!

Just when the kitchen was in full swing, a little girl suddenly came to the door of the kitchen and said, "Foreign guests and leaders are about to arrive. By the way, there are also a group of people from state-owned restaurants."

Hearing the news, although they had expected it, the people in the kitchen couldn't help but cursed, "Damn, the people in this state-owned hotel are just looking for trouble. If everyone is so idle, I think we should simply cut down the number." Several positions are available!”

Even so, they could only talk. They didn't see that Su Qingfeng and the three chefs didn't say anything.

Just keep cooking.

It's just that...their relationship has finally come to an end.

……

the other side.

People from the state-owned hotel walked behind, looking at the leaders and foreign guests in front, with bright smiles on their faces.

There are about two leaders here. One is a slender man with a long face. He always smiles when meeting people, but it always gives the impression that the smile does not reach the bottom of his heart.

As for the other one next to him, he looks more ordinary, like a common person, with only two gapped front teeth, which makes him look like he has some memory points.

The guy next to him with gapped front teeth is the second stove of the county's state-owned hotel. He stretched his neck, looked at the Taihe Hotel in front, and touched it, "Brother Xing, you said we can make trouble like this, can you do it? What do you say? ...This Taihe Hotel was also planned by the county magistrate. If we really make things big, nothing will happen, right?"

The long-faced man known as Brother Xing frowned and immediately shouted in a local accent, "Are you Biao? How many times have I told you, this is not called trouble. This is called communication. Study! If you even think that we are looking for trouble, then you are really screwed!"

"Besides..." The long-faced man looked around and lowered his voice and said, "To be honest, you really don't want to learn the unique skills of Xue Heping and Lu Datou? They used to be on guard against us when they were in the state-owned hotel. The two left later, and we had no chance."

"Now they have entered the Taihe Hotel. The two boys are already energetic. If we don't take advantage of today and use the pressure of the leaders to see their craftsmanship up close, we may not be able to do it. Opportunity. I have been looking at the state-owned restaurants for so long, and I only have a few doubts left. This time I have the opportunity, I will go and have a look in person, and maybe I can actually learn their ancestral dishes."

The man with missing teeth immediately held it up and said, "Brother Xing, no wonder you can become a master chef in a state-owned hotel. You see, I am not as good as you in this regard."

Brother Xing smiled and said nothing, but he didn't refute either.

I just couldn’t help but think about it.

If he was worse than these idiots...why did he run away from Xue Heping and Lu Datou?
　Four thousand words completed, see you tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)